Ed Perlmutter discusses his time spent representing Aurora, Nov. 26 at Anschutz Medical Campus. Starting in January, the congressman from Colorado's 7th Congressional District will no longer represent any part of Aurora after those districts were redrawn in 2011. Perlmutter represented the medical campus for more than 5 years and oversaw the addition of several key additions to the campus including the VA hospital and infrastructure imporovements. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

DENVER | Congressman Ed Perlmutter is reversing himself and announcing he’ll run for re-election.

Perlmutter had initially announced he was giving up his congressional seat to run for Colorado governor. But he dropped out of that race last month. He said he didn’t have the fire in his belly to run while simultaneously representing the state’s 7th congressional district. He also acknowledged the Democratic gubernatorial primary was tougher than he expected.

Finally, Perlmutter said it’d be unfair to run for re-election to congress since three other Democratic politicians were already competing for his seat.

But Perlmutter announced Monday that he’s changed his mind. He said he’s spoken with the three Democrats who thought they were competing for an open seat. “I understand this is not an ideal situation,” Perlmutter said.